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Friday, June 2, 2017

Donna Freedman over at Surviving and Thriving has written a sequel to her first book, Your Playbook for Tough Times. Her new book is called Your Playbook for Tough Times, Volume 2, Needs And Wants Edition.

Donna's new book was created to help people live their best lives on the money they have. Her book offers solid advice on how to thrive in these tough economic times and provides tips and resources to help consumers get the most out of every dollar.

She understands that individuals in the post 2008 recession era are struggling to get through these tough times caused by stagnant salaries, unemployment or underemployment, health issues, property tax increases, student loan debts, and the ever increasing cost of everyday essentials.

One reason Donna wrote her first book was that she heard tough times were coming back. But to Donna it seemed like for some people tough times never went away.

This is what I love about Donna's books. She gets it. She's lived it. Her book is a treasure trove for people who are also struggling with these hard economic times.

What does Donna have to say about retirement?

Most of us are expected to plan our own retirements. Thus, a chunk of earnings disappear right off the top, leaving less to pay the bills - that is if you're actually able to do that. Some people aren't saving a dime for retirement and who can blame them really? When you are running as fast as can just to stay in the same place saving may seem impossible.

My readers know that I read multiple money saving, personal finance, and early retirement blogs, which I love. But my situation is far different from many of those bloggers I read about.

With Donna I feel like I found a kindred spirit. She's been where I've been, she has walked in my shoes and she knows what it's like to live with the uncertainty that can come from living through hard economic times.

What else does Donna have to say about her new book?

This book shows people how to think critically and creatively about wants and needs, and how to use frugal hacks to get the best use of available funds. Suppose you could slash your funding on food, pet care, insurance and such by a total of $500 per month.What could an extra $6,000 do for your bottom line?

She goes on to add...

For those who are having trouble making ends meet, the book provides loads of resources for saving money on food, insurance, life celebrations, pet food and care, home repairs, and yes, funerals.

You'll learn how to build your credit and improve your credit score, get out of the habit of impulse buying, find reasons to be grateful for what you do have, and generally make smarter choices about your money and your life.

Doesn't that sound like something you will want to read again and again? Donna has been very kind and is allowing the Frugal Workshop to have a blog giveaway where one lucky reader will receive a copy of not just her new book, but a copy of both e-versions of her books. How neat is that?! All you have to do to enter the contest is to leave a comment in the comment section on why you would love to have a copy of her books. I'll let the contest run for one week and then I'll announce the lucky winner on the blog. Good luck to all of my readers!

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I hardly enter giveaways. I am going to bite on this one. :) This sounds like my kind of frugality book too. I really related to the excerpts you shared. DH & I were hit hard by the recession and slowly recovering. It is not the same as it was before 2008. I read a lot of frugality sites and books too. The newer ones don't seem to fit me any more. She sounds like my kind of girl.

I would love to win this book a feel I could learn many things. We lost a lot in the recession. We live in southern California the 12thmost costly place to live in the nation.Thanks for doing the giveaway.Blessings,PattiI have been been having some health problems . Sorry I have not commented lately.

I have been reading and applying a lot of information about preparing for retirement. Due to our daughters cancer we had to pay off over $100,000 worth of medical bills (and we had major medical coverage). So now with us in our mid 50's we are just starting to fund this. I refuse to be a hardship for my children as I get older so I want to be as prepared as possible.I know that I would like the common sense approach that is offered by Donna about using your money wisely. From other information I have gathered I have taken notes and applied this new found knowledge. I then pass the books onto my children to read (already highlighted). I discuss the book after they have completed it and they have started to see the long term implications of being prepared for their futures and how to USE MONEY EFFECTIVELY!!!

I think I will leave the giveaway open a few more days to make up for the time your site has been down just to give everyone that wants to enter the time needed to do so. Hopefully you can get it fixed asap this week.

Thank you for that! The web guy has traced the new bad-bot source to...a video I shot in my back yard of an Alaska summer "evening." (Spoiler alert: It's past 10 p.m. and the sky is blue and the sun is shining.)

Apparently you shouldn't host videos on your site, because spambots love to attach themselves. Sadly, I've had to delete the video and I hope this is the last of the problem!

Belinda, First of all thank you for your site. I also live in Tennessee so it is nice to read about someone in my state. I lost my job last year and thought I knew how to be frugal to absorb the lost of income. It has been a challenge and I think this book would give me ideas to help with this process so I can stay home.

I recently became disabled and am trying to cheerfully adjust to a new and much smaller budget. I would love a copy of this book for encouragement and suggestions while we become adjusted to the new normal

I would love to win this book. My husband and I are nearing retirement age and we have no retirement funds saved. We are trying to become debt free but my medical bills have put us behind on our payoff plan yet again.

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Belinda is a single Mother to one daughter, prizewinning jam and cookie maker, and blog writer who likes to write about frugality. Born and raised in Illinois she makes her home in Tennessee now but considers herself a Yankee at heart. She’s fond of heirloom tomatoes, canning, early mornings, and cooking from scratch.